Montiano Monteagudo > Uría Menéndez > Barcelona, Spain > Lawyer Profile

Uría Menéndez handles a plethora of matters related to the food and beverage industry. The team ‘covers all relevant legal aspects on an excellent professional level’, advising sector-related domestic and international clients on M&A, joint ventures, marketing issues, IP, distribution matters and unfair competition. Based in Barcelona, Montiano Monteagudo brings together experience in IP, contract, competition and corporate law, while Francisco Javier García is noted for his expertise in M&A, litigation and regulatory issues involving the food industry. Other noteworthy practitioners include Borja Sainz de Aja, a key contact for IP and data protection matters, and Patricia Vidal, who focuses on competition law.

With pricing and reimbursement, manufacturing agreements, marketing authorisations forming a key part of Uría Menéndez‘s caseload, the firm is also noted for advising on M&A and the establishment of laboratories. Following the retirement of Teresa Paz-Ares, Beatriz Cocina, Montiano Monteagudo, and Ingrid Pi assumed leadership of the practice. In Madrid, Cocina is an expert in supply systems and collaboration agreements within the healthcare industry. In the Barcelona office, Monteagudo often represents pharma laboratories and corporations in trade mark proceedings and the protection of trade secrets, while Pi is a key contact for patent nullity and infringement proceedings, in addition to interim injunctions. Francisco Javier García assists with unfair competition issues and data privacy work in this space.

Uría Menéndez‘s trade marks practice has a robust offering which covers advisory services, litigation, and transactional matters. The group, which is singled out for its experience before the Supreme Court, acts for household names from the cosmetics, media, and technology sectors, among others. Barcelona-based Montiano Monteagudo is skilled in both contentious and non-contentious matters, ranging from misappropriation of trade marks to unfair competition litigation. In Madrid, regulatory and commercial agreement specialist Ingrid Pi co-heads the team alongside advertising expert Borja Sainz de Aja and Carles Vendrell, a key contact for disputes concerning trade marks and designs.

Uría Menéndez‘s IP team has built a strong and growing client base, featuring major names in digital platforms, media, entertainment, and telecoms. The group is well positioned to advise on both contentious and non-contentious matters involving copyright. Madrid-based life science specialist Ingrid Pi, image rights expert Carles Vendrell, and Borja Sainz de Aja, a reference for copyright-related litigation, jointly lead the department with Montiano Monteagudo, who sits in the Barcelona office, and advises clients from the pharma, tech, food, textile, and education sectors, among others, on proceedings involving the protection of a variety of IP rights, including copyright.

The team Uría Menéndez is predominantly engaged by clients from the pharmaceutical, chemical, and digital sectors seeking assistance with patent litigation and prosecution matters. Montiano Monteagudo leads the practice from Barcelona, standing out for his proficiency in patent protection and litigation matters involving the telecoms, pharmaceutical, and electronics sectors. Life sciences and plant variety specialist Ingrid Pi co-leads the group in Madrid alongside patent protection expert Borja Sainz de Aja and Carles Vendrell, who is adept in both contentious and non-contentious patent matters.